Thursday, January 27, 2011

7 Health Information Privacy (HIP) Trends for '11

Per the article below, here are the seven (7) trends for HIP. Input was provided by the Ponemon Institute, Patient Privacy Rights, ID Experts, etc.

-Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) will be forced to deal with security and privacy issues.
-Increased fines and action by the states and regulatory bodies.
-The costs associated with data breaches will increase.
-Hospital governing boards will exert their power to hedge data breach risk.
-A significant 'data spill' is inevitable, and will force the national issue/agenda.
-HHS could remove the harm threshold, which may desensitize the public/patients.

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/experts-name-top-7-trends-health-information-privacy-2011

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